Midi of my wind and piano sextet, "The Old Room." Named for the tattered practice room in which the first seeds of the music were written. Four movements.

2 Its Lights

1 Its Walls

BCCC's Concert Choir performing my first choir piece: a setting of a passage from Dante's Inferno. Edward Ferdinand, piano. Rochelle Reed, director. 2010


Art borrowed from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Stradano_Inferno_Canto_08.jpg

Ne La Strozza (Chant of the Sullen)

A four-track EP from 2011 that was nearly complete but for the vocals, just recently dug up and remixed. Know any good screamers?

04 Double-Edge (instrumental)

03 No Man's Land (instrumental)

02 Penance (instrumental)

01 Conspirator Cogs (instrumental)

Midi renderings of my up-coming piano trio, now with text and a full choir

III.

Trapped here
My back to the sea
Kneeling, bound before my captors three
Free to leave, but no will nor means
Let me go

Bowed head
Hands on my knees
Eyes averted from their beauty
Ears entranced, sweet nothings fed

Is this what I've become?
Supplicant to demons?

Trapped still
Memories flashing
Beloved faces, real or imagined?
Was there somewhere else I should be?
How can I come home
when I'm already here?

"No! This was always to be your home!
Basking in our malevolent glory!
Bow your head! There is  nowhere for you to go!
We are all that you need! You will see!
You are all that we need! We will feed!" 

Silent
Fixated on this
new place I've always known
Cold, soaked by the bones of my infatuation's bloodlines
countless lives
The void between what I've seen
and who I used to be:
opaque, empty

I'm numb to the sands beneath
(I hear your sirens' call)
I'm numb to the chains at my feet
(What chains, what binds my hands and feet?)
I serve your will, my masters
(Basking, glory)
Sing me that wondrous song again
(Again, again, repeat)
I know not the loves I've lost
(I hear, I love your sirens' song)
I know only love I've gained
(I know you'll never treat me wrong)
This song you sing to me
(Fleeting dreams, these memories)
I will forever stay, waste away

Waiting, wasting,
still adoring heathens
Listen to their beauty
Silent (steady), basking (doomed)
Waiting, whithering 

Sirens 3: Enslave

Midi renderings of my up-coming piano trio, now with text and a full choir

II.

New, this tune; familiar still
Foreign friend, whisper your will

Waves die, soothing lullaby
Cradle sleep my weary eyes
Forgetting where my head should lie

Siren call, ringing in my ear
Echo on, draw me near

Siren song, my love is strong
My life before: forever gone 

Sirens 2: Enthrall

Midi renderings of my up-coming piano trio, now with text and a full choir

I.

Steady as she goes
Unperturbed by creatures deep
Crew sway in rhythm
Sliding ripples creep

Shores sharp and bending
Stark their green and glisten
Seeping from their banks
Somber tune's elision

Succumb to its beckoning
Such wonder inconceivable
Soul aflight like never before

Siren song, never lead me wrong
Guide me home when night is long

Listen to its beauty
Feel its cadence pull
Steady, succumb 

Sirens 1: Entice

Guitarist and composer. Dabbler in classical, jazz, metal, and other silliness.

B.A. Music Theory & Compos​ition, West Chester University of Pennsy​lvania;
A.A. Music, Jazz Guitar, Bucks County Community College

Check out my electronic page - https://soundcloud.com/neurarchy

Jake V

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